Against purity
living ethically in compromised times
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Author
Publication
2016 - Univ Of Minnesota Press, Minnesota
Language
English
Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100816698627
- ISBN-100816698643
- ISBN-139780816698622
- ISBN-139780816698646
- Library of Congress Control Number2016008376
and 5 more
- OCLC Control Number951157646
- Better World Books9780816698646
- Better World Books9780816698622
- Better World BooksO9-AGA-794
- Open LibraryOL27230494M
Classifications
- DDC170
- LCCBJ1533.P97 S56 2016
- LCCBJ1533.P97S56 2016
Description
The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint. Might it be better to understand complexity, and, indeed, our own complicity in much of what we think of as bad, as fundamental to our lives? 'Against Purity' argues that the only answer - if we are to have any hope of tackling the past, present and future of colonialism, disease, pollution, and climate change - is a resounding yes.
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